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9 Low-cost Methods To Retain Tenants During Covid-19

The mental image that Singaporeans have of landlords is all wrong. If you’re like most people who have a second property to rent out, you’ll know what we mean: everyone visualises you as a towkay who can sit back and…

• 18 Dec 2020
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How Much Better Are Rental Yields For Compact Units?

Like many property buyers, you’ve probably had a chance to squint at a tiny floor plan of a compact unit (510 sq.ft. or under). Some of them are so small, you may have stayed in motel rooms that offer more…

• 13 Sep 2020
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How Much Does A Property’s Age Affect Its Rental Income And Yield?

One of the reasons to buy an older property is supposedly good rental yield. As the theory goes, tenants will still pay around the same rental rate (they don’t care about the remaining lease), while the cost of the property…

• 5 Aug 2020
• 5 min read
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Should You Rent To Multiple Tenants Or A Master Tenant?

You have your property all ready to rent out. You’ve reviewed the listing photographs, you’ve read the rules twenty times over, and you’ve gone through the Tenancy Agreements you’re going to use. But if you’re like most new landlords, you’ll…

• 21 Jul 2020
• 7 min read
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Renting Out Private Property In Singapore: 10 Tips For A First-time Landlord

You may have heard that there are several ways to make money in real estate. Making profits from property flipping (admittedly harder to do today). Earning huge upside upon an en bloc sale of your estate. And renting out your…

• 6 Jun 2020
• 9 min read
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Should I Rent? Or Should I Buy? (Part I)

A home purchase.  The biggest financial investment you’ll probably make in your life. …Which, if not careful, may also turn into your biggest financial liability. Man isn’t that a dark way to start this article. As a younger home-hunter, I…

• 30 May 2020
• 8 min read
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How To Pick The Right-sized Rental Unit For Renting Out

When you first bought your rental unit, it was all so simple: it’s a few hundred metres from the MRT, in a central location, and working expatriates would be lining up to rent. But then reality sinks in: You’re losing…

• 18 May 2020
• 5 min read
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Long Commute Vs High Rent: Is It Worth Paying More Rent For Shorter Travelling Times?

You leave work at 6 pm, get home by 610 pm, and you are in and out of the gym by 7 pm. Your friend calls you to ask if you want to grab some dinner. You look at your…

• 19 Nov 2019
• 4 min read
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Climate Change in Singapore: How to Live Green in a Rental Apartment

After the National Day Rally 2019 speech, it is clear that climate change is one of the most important challenges facing Singapore. In short, as in island nation (not to mention, low lying), Singapore is extremely vulnerable to the effects…

• 20 Aug 2019
• 2 min read
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13 Best Practices When Living with Roommates

With housing prices the way they are in cities across the world (read: expensive and climbing), it’s almost inevitable that most of us will live with roommates at some point. Roommates have their benefits: someone to come home to at…

• 12 Jun 2019
• 6 min read
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5 Instagram accounts that you absolutely have to follow for cleaning inspiration

Getting back your rental deposit at the end of your tenancy can sometimes be a hugely contentious issue in Singapore.

• 18 Apr 2019
• 2 min read
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Best Condo Nearest Each Downtown Line MRT Station For Rent

The Downtown line was actually announced all the way back in 2005 to be the fifth MRT line to be introduced into Singapore’s MRT network.

• 9 Apr 2019
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Rental Yield Singapore: Top 10 condos with the highest rental yield

If you are a landlord in Singapore, your aim would no doubt be to maximise your rental yield.

• 2 Apr 2019
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22 most expensive condo for rent in Singapore in 2018

If you are looking for a condo for rent in Singapore in 2019, we have some good news ahead for you.

• 25 Mar 2019
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Rental Security Deposit: What to do if the landlord won’t return it

The rental security deposit can be a hugely contentious issue when it comes to renting in Singapore.

• 12 Mar 2019
• 2 min read
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Top 9 Tips to Find Pet Allowed Rentals in Singapore

As a modern and savvy renter, what is more important than affordable apartments in Singapore? If you are extremely attached to your pet, no doubt bringing your pet along for the move would be one of your top priorities to…

• 21 Feb 2019
• 5 min read
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Rental DIY: 5 removable products all tenants should buy for peace of mind!

Renting a home can sometimes be a sad scenario. Living in another country far away from home, in a rental home that is only temporarily yours.

• 9 Feb 2019
• 3 min read
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Living in Singapore Pros and Cons: Should you move?

Considering a move to Singapore? Moving abroad can be a difficult process, and if you have done so before, you’d know that every country has its pros and cons.

• 28 Jan 2019
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